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Vendor evaluation

Evaluating video infrastructure vendors is a procurement question with engineering depth. These pieces cover the framework: what to test in proof-of-concept, the cost-math arguments to bring to procurement, the build-vs-buy decision tree, and the migration questions to ask before committing to any vendor.

Engineering blog · 3
  • Choosing a video orchestration platform: 7 questions to ask
    A buyer's checklist for evaluating any video orchestration platform — the seven questions that surface what's actually going to bite you in production. Vendor-neutral, decision-tree style, written from the perspective of teams running real broadcast and OTT workloads.
    May 9, 2026
  • Video transcoding API: build, buy, or rent in 2026
    An honest decision framework for engineering teams choosing between rolling their own FFmpeg-as-API, buying a managed transcoding API (MediaConvert, Bitmovin, Mux), or renting orchestration-as-a-platform. The economics, the lock-in math, and which fits which workload.
    May 9, 2026
  • Bitmovin vs Mux: when each one wins (and where neither does)
    Honest comparison of Bitmovin Encoding and Mux Video for engineering teams choosing between them. Where each wins, where the decision flips, and the gap that neither one closes today.
    May 5, 2026
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  • Decision frameworks· 3
  • Workflow· 3
  • platform· 1
  • orchestration· 1
  • api· 1
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